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The Life of Katherine Swynford by Weir Alison
epub |eng | | Author:Weir, Alison

The Life of Katherine Swynford SEVEN Turning Away the Wrath of God At the beginning of June 1381, as John of Gaunt lay at Knaresbor-​ough, an army of yeomen and ...
( Category: Historical January 2,2018 )
The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell
epub |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:Elizabeth Gaskell [Gaskell, Elizabeth]

“August, 1845. “Things here at home are much as usual; not very bright, as it regards Branwell, though his health, and consequently his temper, have been somewhat better this last ...
( Category: Arts & Literature January 2,2018 )
The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley by Glenda Riley
epub |eng | 2012-11-14 | Author:Glenda Riley [Riley, Glenda]

Oakley similarly maintained her composure at a shooting exhibition she gave in 1886 at the Middlesex Gun Club in Dunellen, New Jersey. Members set the trap as tight as they ...
( Category: World January 2,2018 )
The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Hanan Al-Shaykh
epub |eng | 2009-08-24 | Author:Hanan Al-Shaykh [Al-Shaykh, Hanan]

‘You Lead Her This Way and That … Do You Expect Me to Resole Her Shoes Every Day?’ AT THE END of the month I waited for my period, and ...
( Category: Memoirs January 2,2018 )
Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Keckley Elizabeth
mobi |eng | 2005-07-26 | Author:Keckley, Elizabeth [Keckley, Elizabeth]

Mr. Lincoln, when not off on an excursion of any kind, lounged about the boat, talking familiarly with every one that approached him. The day before we started on our ...
( Category: Historical January 2,2018 )
You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up by Lisa Jakub
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-06-15 | Author:Lisa Jakub [Jakub, Lisa]

CHAPTER 9 Open Door Policy After all those years of corporate apartments and murderous mansions, it was time to find a more permanent place to lay my head in Los ...
( Category: Arts & Literature January 2,2018 )
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Ann Harriet Jacobs
epub |eng | 2013-09-14 | Author:Ann Harriet Jacobs [Jacobs, Ann Harriet]

It was talked of by the slaves as a mighty grand funeral. Northern travellers, passing through the place, might have described this tribute of respect to the humble dead as ...
( Category: Specific Groups January 2,2018 )
Babies by Anne Enright
epub |eng | 2017-06-01 | Author:Anne Enright

I WAKE UP to the sound of my baby saying, ‘Ah.’ It is the morning after she was born. ‘Ah.’ She says it clear and true. This is her voice. ...
( Category: Family Relationships January 1,2018 )
Das Werk by Zola Emile
epub | | 2010-02-22 | Author:Zola, Emile [Zola, Emile]

Kapitel IX Claude, der sein großes Bild in dem kleinen Atelier in der Rue de Douai nicht malen konnte, beschloß, anderswo irgendeinen Schuppen, in dem genügend Platz war, zu mieten; ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 31,2017 )
1400069106Secret by Mimi Alford
epub |eng | 2012-02-17 | Author:Mimi Alford

Chapter Ten “I met someone,” I told the President in the winter of 1963. I said it in a teasing way but also with a note of pride, as I ...
( Category: Historical December 31,2017 )
Open Secret by Stella Rimington
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Stella Rimington [Rimington, Stella]

133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 In addition to the law, Antony Duff’s other great contribution was to secure Prime Ministerial backing for a new building for MI5. ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 31,2017 )
Girls Loving Girls - Cindy's Story by Cindy Centurion
epub |eng | 2013-11-26 | Author:Cindy Centurion [Centurion, Cindy]

“Of course I do. You look like a million bucks in it. Come sit down and eat.” I replied also popping the cork on a bottle of champagne and pouring ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 30,2017 )
The Indifferent Stars Above by Brown Daniel James
epub |eng | 2009-04-17 | Author:Brown, Daniel James [Brown, Daniel James]

At the lake camp, Christmas Day brought little cheer, little to celebrate. Just how much each of the families huddled there felt the bitter irony of spending Christmas in such ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 30,2017 )
The Hite Report on Shere Hite by Shere Hite
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-12-30 | Author:Shere Hite [Shere Hite]

After all the hype, I felt really embarrassed. Wasn’t there any way to correct the press statements? I felt sorry for the sensationalist things in the press (I couldn’t control ...
( Category: Social Sciences December 30,2017 )
The Ice Man by Carlo Philip
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2007-09-04 | Author:Carlo, Philip

Drugs were just one of a host of problems that began to plague the Gemini crew. Henry Borelli, Chris Goldberg, Joey Testa, and Anthony Senter were all doing a lot ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 30,2017 )

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